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Dwight
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MONMOUTH, Ill. — Dwight Tierney, a
1969 Monmouth College graduate who helped make music and television
history in 1981 as a member of the team that launched MTV, will
deliver the college’s commencement address on May 15.
Currently a senior executive
vice president for MTV’s parent corporation, Viacom Inc., Tierney
will be presented with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree
in the outdoor ceremony, which will be held at noon on the Wallace
Hall Plaza.
Based in London, Tierney oversees
Viacom’s Europe/Middle East/Africa/Asia operations. His responsibilities
for the global media company include corporate governance, labor
relations, employment law, human resources, real estate, construction and
strategic services.
Tierney, who chairs Viacom’s
International Marketing Council, its Information & Technology Council and
its International Procurement Forum, is also responsible for the company’s
international business ethics initiatives.
Tierney was formerly vice president
and chairman of Viacom’s Office of Employee Advocate in New York, where he
was responsible for advising all employees and management about Viacom’s
relations with its employees. He worked with the human resources
professionals in each division to provide an open atmosphere where
information on employee issues could flow freely between management and
staff and among co-workers. He was also responsible for educating
employees about such issues as AIDS awareness, discrimination policies,
sexual harassment and privacy.
A founder of the National
Association for Minorities in Cable TV, Tierney has served as a board
member for the Veterans Leadership Council, The Walter Kaitz Foundation,
Just One Break, and Alone in London, an organization to aid homeless young
people.
Identified by Human Resources
Magazine as one of the top executives in that field, he has taught at the
American Management Association, guest-lectured at Long Island University
and Rutgers University and written about work and family, leadership and
business ethics.
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